Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

BMB Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · D · F

How to play it

BM fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Major guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — A-shape, 3rd (x 3 5 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — G-shape, 5th (8 7 5 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — E-shape, 8th (8 10 10 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — D-shape, 10th (x x 10 12 13 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — C-shape, 12th (x 15 14 12 13 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — A-shape, 15th (x 15 17 17 17 15) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar chord — G-shape, 17th (20 19 17 17 17 20) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

BM guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Major guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 0 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — A-shape, 3rd (x 3 5 5 5 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — G-shape, 5th (8 7 5 5 5 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — E-shape, 8th (8 10 10 9 8 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — D-shape, 10th (x x 10 12 13 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — C-shape, 12th (x 15 14 12 13 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — A-shape, 15th (x 15 17 17 17 15) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

B Major guitar tab — G-shape, 17th (20 19 17 17 17 20) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How BM sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

happybrightresolved

Genres

poprockfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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